Canada at The 1904 Summer Olympics - Medalists

Medalists

Further information: 1904 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1904 Summer Olympics medal winners

The most notable Canadian medal winner was Etienne Desmarteau who placed first in the 56 pound weight throw. He was fired as a Montreal police officer when he left to compete at the games. Returning as a medallist and local hero he was reinstated, but died the next year of typhoid.

Canada won two golds in team sports, two thirds of Canada's total in all summer games. The Canadian soccer team from Galt, Ontario won gold and a team known as the Winnipeg Shamrocks won the lacrosse title. The third place finishers were also from Canada, a team of Mohawks from a reserve near Brantford.

Of note was Peter Deer, a full blooded Iroquois Indian, who competed in the 800 & 1500 metres races, he was the first Indian to represent Canada outside her borders. Deer was a mechanic by day and was a member of the Montreal Amateur Athletics Association. He was 23 in 1904, he came from Caughnawaga an Indian Village on the South Bank, they spoke Iroquois, English & French.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Desmarteau, ÉtienneÉtienne Desmarteau	Athletics	Men's 56 lb weight throw	02012-09-01September 1
1 Gold	Galt F.C. Otto Christman Robert Lane George Ducker Ernest Linton John Fraser Gordon McDonald John Gourlay Frederick Steep Alexander Hall Tom Taylor Albert Henderson William Twaits Albert Johnson	Football		02012-11-23November 23
1 Gold	Lyon, GeorgeGeorge Lyon	Golf	Men's individual	02012-09-24September 24
1 Gold	Shamrock Lacrosse Team Eli Blanchard Sandy Cowan William Brennaugh Jack Flett George Bretz Benjamin Jamieson William Burns Stuart Laidlaw George Cattanach Hilliard Lyle George Cloutier Lawrence Pentland	Lacrosse		02012-07-07July 7
2 Silver	Bailey, ArthurArthur Bailey, Phil Boyd, Thomas Loudon, Donald MacKenzie, George Reiffenstein, William Rice, George Strange, William Wadsworth, Joseph Wright	Rowing	Men's eight	02012-07-30July 30
3 Bronze	Mohawk Indians Black Hawk Lightfoot Black Eagle Snake Eater Almighty Voice Red Jacket Flat Iron Night Hawk Spotted Tail Man Afraid Soap Half Moon Rain in Face	Lacrosse		02012-07-07July 7